| # | School (1st votes) | Rec. | Pts | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Union (19) | 14-1 | 618 | 2 |
| 2 | UW-Whitewater (5) | 14-1 | 567 | 1 |
| 3 | Wesley (1) | 11-2 | 557 | 5 |
| 4 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 12-2 | 523 | 3 |
| 5 | Bethel | 12-2 | 459 | 4 |
| 6 | St. John's | 10-2 | 431 | 9 |
| 7 | Capital | 8-3 | 413 | 13 |
| 8 | Muhlenberg | 11-1 | 394 | 8 |
| 9 | Central | 12-1 | 368 | 6 |
| 10 | St. John Fisher | 11-2 | 363 | 7 |
| 11 | Wabash | 11-2 | 321 | 10 |
| 12 | Salisbury | 9-2 | 314 | 14 |
| 13 | Washington and Jefferson | 10-1 | 293 | 17 |
| 14 | UW-Eau Claire | 9-3 | 284 | 12 |
| 15 | North Central (Ill.) | 9-3 | 265 | 11 |
| 16 | Ohio Northern | 7-3 | 163 | -- |
| 17 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 8-2 | 160 | -- |
| 18 | Ithaca | 8-3 | 153 | 21 |
| 19 | Case Western Reserve | 11-1 | 135 | 22 |
| 20 | Trinity (Texas) | 9-2 | 131 | 16 |
| 21 | Franklin | 9-2 | 130 | 18 |
| 22 | Cortland State | 8-3 | 122 | -- |
| 23 | Wartburg | 8-2 | 119 | 20 |
| 24 | Redlands | 8-2 | 108 | 25 |
| 25 | Mississippi College | 8-2 | 72 | -- |
Others receiving votes: Curry 70, New Jersey 66, North Carolina Wesleyan 62, Millsaps 61, Linfield 58, Whitworth 48, Christopher Newport 43, UW-La Crosse 27, Montclair State 24, St. Olaf 23, Hardin-Simmons 20, RPI 18, Wittenberg 17, Rowan 17, Illinois Wesleyan 15, Albright 15, Hartwick 12, DePauw 11, St. Norbert 10, Hobart 9, Delaware Valley 7, Waynesburg 6, Dickinson 4, Concordia-Moorhead 4, Carthage 4, Randolph-Macon 3, Augsburg 3, Mount St. Joseph 2, Hampden-Sydney 2, Carnegie Mellon 1.
The D3football.com Top 25 is voted on by a panel of 25 coaches, Sports Information Directors and media members from across the country, and is published weekly.